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Teens in Arizona school arrested for fentanyl opiods worth more than $30 million

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Police in San Luis, Arizona arrested three students Wednesday at summer school for allegedly having more than 3,000 potentially deadly pills.

"Even half a pill can kill someone," said Lieutenant Marco Santana with the San Luis police. "It's happened before. We've had about 19 overdoses just this year alone. We've had about 16 in 2018 it's obviously a very dangerous drug and there's no control."

Authorities identified Noemi Hernandez Madrigal and Alexandra Hernandez as the two female students involved. They will be tried as adults. The third student, not being identified because he will be tried a minor.

Santana said each pill costs $15 on the black market so the school bust is worth more than $30 million on the street.

"You're looking at about 3200 plus m30 pills that were in her possession," Santana said.

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High-speed rail route took land from farmers, the money they're owed hasn't arrived

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Farmer John Diepersloot stands in a swath of cleared peach orchards in the process of being developed for the bullet train project.
John Diepersloot squinted under a bright Central Valley sun, pointing to the damage to his fruit orchard that came with the California bullet train.

He lost 70 acres of prime land. Rail contractors left mounds of rubble along his neat rows. Irrigation hoses are askew. A sophisticated canopy system for a kiwi field, supported by massive steel cables, was torn down.

But what really irritates Diepersloot is the $250,000 that he paid out of his own pocket for relocating wells, removing trees, building a road and other expenses.

"I am out a quarter-million bucks on infrastructure, and they haven't paid a dime for a year," he said. "I don't have that kind of money."

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FBI document quotes eyewitness who saw second shooter with 'automatic high-powered rifle' during Las Vegas shooting

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Photo of the Las Vegas Village grounds published in the LVMPD final report, showing locations of the deceased inside the venue
A female who attended the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival on the night of October 1, 2017, where 58 people lost their lives to automatic gunfire told the investigators from the Federal Bureau of Investigation that she saw a second shooter firing a high-powered automatic rifle from a parking lot located to the east of the venue where country music singer Jason Aldean and his band were playing onstage at the time of the shooting.

The eyewitness told investigators with the bureau that she and about 20 other concertgoers managed to escape the venue grounds and head northeast toward the Tropicana during the third volley of gunfire.

"When she reached the parking lot, she saw a person whom she did not believe was an officer with an automatic high-powered rifle firing his gun," the report says. "She ran past him and left the festival grounds ducking into the Tropicana."

Comment: As Niall Bradley wrote in February this year, there had to be a gunman targeting concert-goers from a direction east of the venue...
Triangulated Crossfire

Joe Quinn and I published analyses on the Las Vegas Massacre, and we also discussed it on a couple of our shows, arguing that the facts of the shooting do not support the premise that Paddock acted alone. We further concluded that Paddock was probably a patsy - in the sense that he either played a minor role, or no role at all, in the shooting.

I would suggest that at least three gunmen targeted the festival venue during those bloody ten minutes shortly after 10pm. Smashed-out windows in both the suite and the adjoining room on the north end of 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay make sense only for two gunmen, both of whom would have escaped long before SWAT teams breached the door - over an hour later - and found Paddock dead from a gunshot wound, allegedly self-inflicted just as the door was blown open, hence the reason they gave for why they didn't hear this fatal gunshot.

While one of these two Mandalay Bay gunmen 'strafed' the festival venue with heavy machine-gunfire, the other likely divided his time between checking video feed from the pre-placed cameras monitoring the hallway, and picking out venue attendees with a sniper rifle - the first few cracks from which are likely what we hear in attendees' video footage of the earliest moments of the attack, and any subsequent shots from which would have been audibly masked by the machine-gun.

Any given individual's account of gunfire from an alternate source may be put down to panic and confusion in the moment - and, certainly, this was an extremely chaotic and traumatizing event - but many attendees and venue staff reported, even days and weeks later, that they were additionally being fired at from a position or positions much closer to the venue, at ground level to the east or southeast, from either within or nearby the staff parking lot between the venue and the outer perimeter of McCarran International Airport.

A third gunmen was likely situated on the east side of the venue in a position to engage in an L-shaped ambush, or triangulated crossfire, relative to the Mandalay Bay position, targeting fleeing venue attendees as they poured out of what were, initially, the only open exit points along the venue's eastern side (Giles Street).
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In the above map, triangulation between the north tower of the Mandalay Bay, the main crowd in front of the stage at the festival venue, and thus a possible ground location for a second shooting position, is marked in yellow. Most attendees fled in the opposite direction from the Mandalay Bay, through exits 4a, 5 and 6 on the eastern side of the venue, and into lots and side streets that were only partly illuminated and sectioned off with fencing and obstructing vehicles. Beyond those, to the south and east, is open ground until the purple line marking the perimeter of McCarran Airport.

While the Mandalay Bay shooting position was fixed to one location on the 32nd floor, a ground-based second team to the east of the venue would have been free to change position. The police dispatch commander can be heard on the Las Vegas Metro Police Department (LVMPD) scanner (transcript here), almost 30 minutes after the gunfire ended, informing all units that "we have two [crime] scenes," one "at Ali Baba & Giles, east of the Catholic shrine, as well as in the Mandalay Bay," before another central dispatcher confirms, about 7 minutes later, that "the Mandalay Bay and Ali Baba & Giles are the two shooting locations." The location of this second "scene" is marked above with a blue circle.

Note that these two locations bracket the desert lot that served as a staff parking and storage area for the duration of the festival. Thousands of festival attendees and staff fled into that lot, and although most turned north in the direction of the Tropicana casino, hundreds continued heading east, breached airport perimeter fences, and crossed the McCarran Airport runways. Along the way, many reported that gunfire sounded closer as they moved away from the venue, and others reported seeing people get shot in the parking lot.

It's known that at least one of the victims - Melissa Ramirez - was fatally shot at the northeast corner of the lot, marked as a red cross on our map, close to the airport boundary. Matching CCTV and police body cam footage confirm that she and several others, who had been shot at, or close to this location, took refuge close by in the small parking lot of a business park adjoining the airport grounds. However, in the final LVMPD report published a year ago, which included a photo and a map showing locations of the deceased, Ramirez is listed as having died at the Desert Rose resort, to where her body was presumably initially transported.
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Photo of the Las Vegas Village grounds published in the LVMPD final report, showing locations of the deceased inside the venue
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Map of the Las Vegas Village grounds and surrounding area published in the LVMPD final report, showing locations of the deceased outside the venue
The victims numbered 21 through 26 are listed by the LVMPD as having died at the perimeter of, or just beyond, the festival grounds. Numbers 21 through 24 were specifically "located and recovered near the medical tent in the northeast portion of the venue" supporting police dispatch reports and eyewitness reports that the medical tent located in the northeast corner of the venue was deliberately targeted.

In addition, Melissa Ramirez, listed as victim 29 in the report, is located at the Desert Rose resort along with victims 27 and 28, so their bodies were likely also moved there afterwards. In fact, the LVMPD report says that the seven victims shown in their map (above) were probably "placed at these locations." The report says that the remaining victims, numbered 32 through 58, died en route to or at Las Vegas hospitals.

Others besides Ramirez were, therefore, probably shot from a ground-level position within or near the staff parking lot as they headed east away from the venue. Certainly, Ramirez was not shot and killed by a bullet fired from an AR-15 handled by a 64-year-old amateur picking her out in a relatively dark location from over 2,000 feet away on the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay. Finally, the locations published in the police report of those who died at or near the venue, broadly clustered as they are into two defined areas - in front of the main stage nearest to the Mandalay Bay, and at the opposite end of the venue - supports the case for two crime scenes; two target locations from two shooting positions.



War Whore

Swedish police shoot 'threatening' man at Malmo train station, check suspicious object

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Police shot and injured a man exhibiting "threatening behavior" at Malmo Central Station in Sweden on Monday morning. Parts of the neighborhood have been labeled notorious 'no-go' areas for drug and gang crime.

The station was evacuated and a bomb squad has been called to the scene. No other injuries have been reported. It's too early to say whether the incident is terrorism related, police said.

The man reportedly threatened to blow up the train station and said he had weapons and explosives in his bag, Expressen reports.

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95 dead in latest massacre to hit central Mali by Islamic extremists

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Unknown assailants killed at least 95 people in an ethnic Dogon village overnight in the latest massacre to destabilize central Mali, a government official said Monday.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, though tensions have been high since an ethnic Dogon militia was accused of carrying out a larger massacre in an ethnic Peuhl village in March.

Youssouf Toloba, who leads the Dogon militia known as Dan Na Ambassagou, has denied that his fighters carried out the March bloodshed that left at least 157 people dead. Some Peuhl leaders, however, have vowed to carry out reprisal attacks.

Amadou Sangho, spokesman for the Interior Security ministry, said another 19 people were missing after the Dogon village of Sobane was attacked around 3 a.m. on Monday. The village is in the commune of Sangha, the heart of the Dogon militia blamed for the March attack that has been the deadliest so far.

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Man with a BB gun and false active shooter reports cause panic at DC pride parade

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A man pulled out a BB gun during an altercation during Saturday's Capital Pride Parade, causing widespread panic and mistaken reports of an active shooter, police say. Several people were hurt in the chaos as hundreds fled.

D.C Police Chief Peter Newsham confirmed to News4 that a shooting did not occur at the Dupont Circle festival on Saturday. A police report released Sunday shows that the confusion may have started when a man pulled out a BB gun.

Aftabjit Singh, 38, will appear in court Monday on misdemeanor charges.

According to a police incident report, Singh said he pulled out the fake gun to threaten an unknown person who was hitting his significant other.

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YouTube pulls 'Triumph of the Will' for violating new hate speech policy

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“Triumph of the Will”

Under YouTube's new policy, Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 propaganda epic had to go. But the decision raises major questions about history and representation.


YouTube hovers in paradox: It's a platform for expression that vacillates on the kinds of expression it wants to support. Even when the site makes constructive changes in the content it promotes or prohibits, the outcomes raise questions about censorship and curation. On Wednesday YouTube revealed extensive new policies around hate speech in a move to "reduce more hateful and supremacist content from YouTube," as the company announced in a blog post.

The policy also meant the removal of Leni Riefenstahl's 1935 Nazi propaganda epic "Triumph of the Will," which left the site hours after YouTube announced its new standards. After all, "Triumph of the Will" falls under the rubric of "videos that promote or glorify Nazi ideology, which is inherently discriminatory," as YouTube explains one prohibited category. The movie is also regarded as one with major historical value, raising essential questions about the nature of the film medium. Does it belong in the same category as Lunikoff, a German Neo-Nazi band whose channel also got the boot?

Comment: One solution to this censorship problem would be to not censor in the first place. If YouTube is unable to see the value of having historic Nazi propaganda on its website for research and education purposes, then maybe they shouldn't be making the decisions over what is and isn't acceptable content.

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Milo Yiannopoulos named marshal for 'Straight Pride' parade

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Right-wing provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been named the grand marshal for Boston's "Straight Pride" parade.

Organizers announced Friday the former Breitbart editor as the parade's grand marshal after they originally used actor Brad Pitt's name and likeness for the event.

The head of Super Happy Fun America, a group that "advocates on behalf of the straight community," told the Boston Herald that Pitt "was not super happy" about the group using his name and likeness without his consent.

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Facebook removes 'far-right conspiracy' site Natural News

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Facebook on Sunday removed the page for Natural News, a far-right conspiracy outlet that had nearly 3 million followers. Facebook did not immediately return a request for comment.


Comment: Keep in mind that Daily Beast identifies anyone right of Michael Moore as "far-right".


Natural News' founder Mike Adams wrote on fellow-right wing conspiracy site Infowars that his site was "permanently banned" from posting. He told the Gateway Pundit, another far-right site, that the apparent ban is evidence of a conspiracy against his website.

The Daily Beast reported on Saturday that Natural News and its founder had a history of pushing hoaxes and calling for mass arrests against the left. Before the ban, Natural News had more Facebook followers than Infowars at its peak. Natural News used the page to push its trademark combination of natural remedies and far-right conspiracy theories, including disinformation about vaccines.

Comment: From Natural News:
Facebook bans Natural News; Health Ranger responds with message for humanity
Sunday, June 09, 2019 by: Mike Adams

In response to a coordinated, heavily-funded smear campaign against Natural News and myself, the Health Ranger, Facebook has now permanently banned Natural News from posting content. The channel name that has been banned is Facebook.com/healthranger, which was our primary channel reaching over 2.5 million people.

This is on top of the permanent bans of Natural News content from Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Google News, Apple and other techno-fascists that now represent the greatest threat to human freedom the world has ever seen.

The techno-fascists, including Wikipedia, have decided that no speech that questions any official narrative will be allowed on any platform. Anyone who questions the safety of toxic vaccines, 5G cell towers, geoengineering, chemotherapy or glyphosate weed killer chemicals is now maliciously attacked, smeared and de-platformed. You're not even allowed now to talk about nutrition, anti-cancer foods or nutritional supplements without being labeled a "vitamin" website accused of pushing fake cures. (That's right: The left-wing authoritarian tyrants are now anti-nutrition on top of everything else.)

Every website or individual who expresses any view of dissent against the corrupt scientific establishment is immediately labeled "fake news," even as the left-wing media routinely pushed total fabrications about President Trump and anyone who supports Trump.

As I have repeatedly pointed out, the tech giants and their CEOs are truly enemies of humanity.

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Remember: As all this censorship is taking place, the tech giants somehow claim they aren't censoring anyone at all. They claim to have a monopoly on "facts" or "truth" and proclaim themselves to have the King's unique right to decide who gets to speak and who must be silenced. These criminals like Zuckerberg, Dorsey and Cook are unelected, subject to zero transparency and offer no mechanism for due process whereby channels who are banned might defend themselves against unfair, dishonest smears or fake news attacks run by left-wing journo-terrorism hacks.

In essence, the entire internet is now run by the most lawless evil war criminals imaginable, and they have zero respect for human rights, human dignity or free speech.

I have posted a video response to the Facebook ban on Brighteon.com, the video platform we created following YouTube's de-platforming of natural health and conservative channels.
Natural News was previously banned by Google, but was eventually restored. See:


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Clashes outside Hong Kong parliament as 'over 1 million' march against extradition bill

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© Reuters / Thomas Peter
Hong Kong police used batons and pepper spray as they clashed with crowds of protesters outside the city's parliament. Hundreds of thousands filled the city's streets to oppose a bill allowing extradition to mainland China.

Hundreds of protesters stormed police barricades on Sunday night while trying to force themselves into the city's parliament building, local media reported. The officers, in full riot gear, pushed the crowd away using batons and pepper spray.

Clashes were also reported along the Admiralty section of the city's business district where the parliament is based.